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Island Dog 52

On February 4, 2008 Sins of a Solar Empire will be released. So how exactly is this going to proceed?

1) For those of you who pre-ordered:

If you pre-ordered the game but were NOT in the beta tomorrow afternoonish, Eastern Standard Time, the orders will begin to be processed. There are thousands of pre-orders to be processed so it will take some time. Here's the insta-answer to this question "I haven't received my email yet!" answer: It hasn't been sent to you yet. The pre-orders should complete being processed by 8pm EST. If you haven't received an email, then check your various spam filters. Otherwise, go HERE, type in your email and it should email you all info we have on you.

2) Get Stardock Central

To download the game, you will need Stardock Central. Your email will include instructions on creating a Stardock.net account (that's the account you use to logon to this website and post and such). If you want to get a head start, you can go here.

3) If you had a beta version

If you were one of the beta testers, first, thank you for your help! Sometime tomorrow afternoon v1.01 will appear on Stardock Central. That is the latest version. You will need to uninstall your existing beta first.

4) If you are buying it at a store

Once you install it and have it running, you will need to update to v1.01 to play on-line. Click on the "update game" button on the main menu and you'll be taken to where you can download the v1.01 patch. The patch is only 11 megs so don't worry.

5) If you are downloading the full game

We have leased some mega-super-duper high speed lines for the launch week. It should (better) download really REALLY fast regardless of how many people are buying.

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Keito 1

My problem is - I'd really like to try this game before I buy it, as I'm very picky with strategy games and have encountered it a couple of times that I bought it and didn't like it... so I kinda don't want that to happen again - even though this game looks really great from the vids and reviews of it

Is there any word of a demo or anything?

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Prince Charming 163

Prince Charming 163

Does the downloadable version require Stardock Central running once it's downloaded and installed (Like Steam does for example), or does it function independently? Also, I assume physical media version doesn't use Stardock Central at all?

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Island Dog 52

Island Dog 52

Does the downloadable version require Stardock Central running once it's downloaded and installed (Like Steam does for example), or does it function independently? Also, I assume physical media version doesn't use Stardock Central at all?

If you buy electronically, then you just need Stardock Central to install, not play.

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Yusuf M. 1,359

Yusuf M. 1,359

I hate it when this happens. No stores in my areas have the game and I don't want to pay $5 more for the digital download. I'd rather have the boxed game. Hopefully I'll be able to purchase it by next week.

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Yusuf M. 1,359

I'm interested in this game, but again need a demo as I don't think my Windows laptop will be able to run it

Processor: Intel Pentium M 740 / 1.73 GHz

Chipset Type: Mobile Intel 915GM Express

512mb

Graphics Processor / Vendor: Intel GMA 900

Video Memory: Dynamic Video Memory Technology 3.0

Max Allocated RAM Size: 128 MB

I take this is like a modern escape velocity? Its sometimes hard to tell if those preview screens are of the actual gameplay or just the story animations.

Unfortunately you won't be able to run the game with a graphics processor like that. You'll need one that supports DirectX 9. As for a demo, according to this there will be one after a v1.03 update is released. Also, the preview screenshots are actual gameplay shots taken in "cinematic mode" (removes icons, etc).